Pc Build

[littlepigboy5]

Building a desktop for my friend for his birthday.  I'm not new to building, but it never hurts to get a second opinions on what im buying.

 

The below is all from tiger direct, i would prefer to buy everything in one place, but it isn't mandatory.

 

Graphics)  PNY GTX 760 OC 2gb GDDR5  250$

Mobo)  Asus F2A85-M/CSM  86$

RAM)  2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz  80$

HD)  1TB sata III 7200 RPM Toshiba  55$

SSD)  ADATA 64gb 360 read 130 write  45$

Case)  Cougar Spike Mini Gaming Tower  35$

optical drive)  LG 24x DVD/CD Burner  18$

CPU)  A10 5800K Black Edition @3.8ghz  130$

 

Not for intense gaming, just avg. stuff like minecraft, dx9 games, civ V, smite.  Any suggestions that would increase performance, or lower price without harming performace would be greatly appreciated.  I am trying to keep it below $750.

Thanks

[kinkywink]

Building a desktop for my friend for his birthday.  I'm not new to building, but it never hurts to get a second opinions on what im buying.

 

The below is all from tiger direct, i would prefer to buy everything in one place, but it isn't mandatory.

 

Graphics)  PNY GTX 760 OC 2gb GDDR5  250$

Mobo)  Asus F2A85-M/CSM  86$

RAM)  2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz  80$

HD)  1TB sata III 7200 RPM Toshiba  55$

SSD)  ADATA 64gb 360 read 130 write  45$

Case)  Cougar Spike Mini Gaming Tower  35$

optical drive)  LG 24x DVD/CD Burner  18$

CPU)  A10 5800K Black Edition @3.8ghz  130$

 

Not for intense gaming, just avg. stuff like minecraft, dx9 games, civ V, smite.  Any suggestions that would increase performance, or lower price without harming performace would be greatly appreciated.  I am trying to keep it below $750.

Thanks

im not sure on the price difference but i would personally go for a 990fx mobo with 6350 or 8320 - just more horse power to help move things along, i havnt heard much about PNY but im sure itll work, if theres one with a similar price maybe 20 or so dollars more i would go for that if it has a better cooler

[dragoon20005]

pick the 760K over the APU

 

and swap the board to a FM2+ ones like the A88X or A78 boards

 

for the same price for the GTX760

 

you can get the R9 280 3GB which is faster than the GTX760 2GB 

 

with the 280 you can play at 1080P Ultra

[littlepigboy5]

Power Supply Suggestions?

[littlepigboy5]

Power Supply Suggestions?

Keeping in mind i have updated the build to:

 

Still all Tiger Direct

 

Asus Radeon r9 280 3gb (Refurbished)  207$

MSI 760GMA-P34 (Refurbished)  63$

FX-8320 eight0core @3.5GHz  160$

Cougar Spike Mini Gaming tower  35$

LG 24x Sata CD/DVD Burner 18$

ADATA Premier Prop 64GB 360 MB/s Read, 130 MB/s Write  45$

Toshiba 1TB 7200 RPM  55$

2x4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury BK  80$

 

Ok, so i still need a PSU, and maybe a different suggestion for the ssd because, im not sure, but i feel like the read and write are a bit slow.

thanks

[maxib7]

If it's only for minor gaming a gtx 760 or equivalent card might be overkill. I have a gtx 760 from msi and I can run any game on its highest settings and still get decent fps. You might be able to drop the price it you get a bit of a lower tier if gaming isn't a top priority for him

[littlepigboy5]

If it's only for minor gaming a gtx 760 or equivalent card might be overkill. I have a gtx 760 from msi and I can run any game on its highest settings and still get decent fps. You might be able to drop the price it you get a bit of a lower tier if gaming isn't a top priority for him

well i actually moved up to a r9 280 3gb, because it was cheaper and incase he wants to start running some serious games.  still need a psu and any suggestions on the ssd.

[maxib7]

how much do you think you can spare for the ssd

 

**edit** the adata one you had looked nice if you just want to put the os and a few programs on it. Adata ssd's are usually reliable. Well as reliable as you can get for that price but since it probably will only be doing reads it should last a very long time. As you probably know ssd's are worn down from writes not read (in theory)

[littlepigboy5]

ok i think im good

thanks

[dragoon20005]

i will still suggest changing the mobo to at least a 970 based chipset

 

but those will be ATX size

 

generally the mATX AM3+ board are a bad idea for pairing with the FX 8 core CPUs

 

typically you will be safe with 500-550 watts PSU